Patrick “Pat” Acton created his first model out of matchsticks in 1977, a church, using 500 matchsticks. This year he ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Kennedy Brant (14) shoots over a pair of Lynnville-Sully defenders during their Class 1A regional final basketball game on Feb. 26 at Nevada High School. SUN COURIER FILE PHOTO ...

The Center, a 4,500-square-foot fitness facility built as a tribute to the Snow family’s deep roots in the community, will transition to new ownership effective May 1, 2026 – marking an exciting new ...

WOODWARD — The East Marshall/GMG wrestling team scored seventh out of eight teams at Woodward-Granger’s Dennis Field Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 6, finishing with 52.5 points. The Mustangs were led ...

Garwin native Michelle Burgess of Marshalltown wears two hats in the business world. One is that of a training and ...

Happy Spring! The month of March was filled with weekly budget sessions as well as union negotiations for Tama County. This takes several hours of time but is critical to ensure the best decisions are ...

What if school didn’t just prepare students for tests, but for life? Across our communities, that question is turning into ...

The Garwin Ambulance hosted the community’s longstanding annual Easter egg hunt on the morning of Saturday, April 4, in ...

The fifth day of this summer’s 7-day RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) route is set to make tracks ...

Dean Frazer was given a pig to raise when he was eight years old. At nine, he purchased a Hampshire sow for a 4-H project. Fifty-two years later, he is still doing it albeit on a much larger scale.

Retirement from a farm business may not mean moving away or giving up on mentoring the next generation, but it does entail ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County is pleased to bring Words on Wellness LIVE!, an in-person program ...